Okay folks, I thought I was doing something very, very simple,
but I cannot seem to get this to work at all.

Can anyone identify what I am doing wrong here-?
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1.  I have a class called "Car" that defines a package with
    the statement:      package com.example.rentalcar;

2.  Then I have a test program called TestCar that imports
   this package as follows:
     import com.example.rentalcar.*;

3.   Now, I then first compile the Car package as follows
     javac -classpath . -d .  Car.java

     This succesfully compiles Car.java and places the Car.class file
     in  the subdirectory  ==>  com/example/rentalcar     relative to
     my current working directory  (where both source files originate
from).

     So, I have a current directory and then the generated
     com/example/rentalcar subdirectory with the "Car.class"
     file placed there  - by this compile statement.
     So far so good.

4.   Okay, now  I want to compile the little test program
      that has the corresponding   import com.example.rentalcar.*;
      statement in it and uses the "Car" class.

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    So I try this:

       javac -classpath . TestCar.java

    I get the error:
           TestCar.java:8: cannot access Car
           bad class file: .\Car.java
           file does not contain class Car
           Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct
subdirectory of the classpath.
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    If I try to use the fully qualified path to my current directory

         javac -classpath C:\Derek\java  TestCar.java

    I still get the same error:
           TestCar.java:8: cannot access Car
           bad class file: .\Car.java
           file does not contain class Car
           Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct
subdirectory of the classpath.
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    Now if I try to use the fully qualified path to the package itself  (I
know this shouldn't work)

         javac -classpath C:\Derek\java\com\example\rentalcar TestCar.java

   I get the error:
            TestCar.java:2: package com.example.rentalcar does not exist
            import com.example.rentalcar.*;
           TestCar.java:8: cannot access Car
            bad class file: C:\Derek\java\com\example\rentalcar\Car.class
           class file contains wrong class: com.example.rentalcar.Car

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    Just what do I need to do-?

     What the heck do I have to set classpath to in order to get the java
     compilier to  resolve the import com.example.rentalcar.* statement
properly
     in this TestCar program-?

    I can't seem to feed anything to -classpath to make it work.....

    What did I do wrong (and how do compile TestCar)   -?

              I appreciate all helpful responses .....

 - Derek

EMail:  derek_larsson@comcast.net